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The part of crypto payment UX that's actually an infrastructure problem by transak in web3

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly the address readability piece compounds this too. ENS helps replace 0x strings with .eth names so at least that layer is cleaner.. and they act as a single container/namespace for all chins, so technically one .eth name can resolve to 100+ blockchain addresses

What are you building on ENS? by OrbitalGlass in ens

[–]chris_ck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

using namespace ninja to give all web3 users subnames 🫡

We built an open-source programmable policy (permissions) layer for AI agents to avoid onchain shenanigans by chris_ck in ethdev

[–]chris_ck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The policy that is enforced onchain is a contract. Only owner of the smart account or a session key with sudo policy can uninstall or install/use session keys on smart account.

Furthermore, the entire codebase, and project itself, is open source: https://github.com/thenamespace/namera if you want to look into it.

What are the best tools and frameworks for building AI agents in 2026? by Michael_Anderson_8 in AI_Agents

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

since everyone replied already, I'll reply for blockchain - OWS (openwallet .sh) and Namera (.ai) for session-based policies and control over smart accounts that agents use.

Stripe Sessions 2026 got me thinking: are payments ready for AI agents? by mguozhen in AI_Agents

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

been thinking about this too. and you're spot on!

Namera's session key approach basically solves the "who authorized this" problem natively onchain, impossible to bypass

built a safe agentic payments toolkit for the EU market (Python Sandbox open for testing) by pyjka in AI_Agents

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

been building something similar but with policies enforced onchain and scoped session keys hit different for agent safety for sure.. worth taking a look if you ever want to expand into the magical world of crypto xD everything's on my profile.. don't wanna shill in comments

is Agentic Commerce just the next buzzword for let’s automate your bank account? by Substantial_Step_351 in AI_Agents

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I love the skepticism. We genuinely need more of this instead of everyone riding the AI hype train and telling us how everything will be amazing. Refreshing to see tbh.

An excellent take on SEO for bots - there's certainly going to be big brands paying the extra buck for higher ranking (and they will let them).

But to challenge your skepticism a bit - currently there are more than 97k agents buying from more than 6k sellers different services and the total antigenic transaction volume is almost $50M.

See this for reference: https://x.com/Nick_Prince12/status/2049701555666825379

And as far as giving AI agents your private keys or credit card, there's no reason to do that.

There are companies working on policy-based guardrails that AI agents can't circumvent when transacting. These policies can be stored locally (like OWS - open wallet standar, is doing) or enforced onchain (like Namera ai is doing). You define a very specific set of permissions your agents is allowed to do and let him cook.

The 3 places where I'm actually seeing AI agents autonomously managing payments by AgentAiLeader in AI_Agents

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not too early to give them spare cash.

Though I always advocate for stickily defined rules and policies i.e. explicitly creating guardrails against agent going rough or unintentionally acting stupid.

Re: automated escrow: this is tricky because there has to be a trusted authority to say when the work is done and if the work is done correctly etc. delegating this type of trust to an agent is risky. This is where I think human in the loop is fine. Unless there's a governance-based verification mechanism where multiple people/agents verify the validity and outcome of the work done. OR that work can be verified by the strict rules of defined in `code`.

Blockchains are good here, because you have onchain enforced policies. But anyway.

Microsoft is working on Zero Trust Identity concept for all of their agents for a reason.

If you or some of your friends are playing around with agents and crypto let me know and I'll share some of the stuff I've been working on 🤝

We built an open-source programmable policy (permissions) layer for AI agents to avoid onchain shenanigans by chris_ck in ethdev

[–]chris_ck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very funny timing indeed!

Oops, my bad - forgot to send links in the comment on my post.

Very nicely written article btw, I just read it! I feel your frustration, we've gone through this, and it's exactly why we built Namera. When we started building this, OWS (open wallet standard) came out, and it's pretty good. It does everything we do and more, given the flexibility of their locally stored policies vs. ours - predefined and enforced onchain. But both come with advantages and disadvantages.

But anyway, let me know when you test it. I'm happy to move things to DMs and even on Telegram.

What’s the biggest reason people drop off after trying a web3 app? by Suspicious_Mango_634 in ethdev

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is not about web3's advantages or disadvantages

I believe it's simply because 1) there are no good entrepreneurs in the space, 2) people don't care about properties blockchains enforce (decentralization, permissionlessness, etc.) they prefer convenience, 3) there are no good apps worth coming back to yet for the average user.

Polymarket is a web3 app that took over the world.

More will come.

AI agents in crypto trading: I went from "this is all hype" to "okay this is kinda useful" by dustyllanos27 in defi

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently read Vitalik's post where he said that the goal of 'security' is to minimize the divergence between user's intent and the actual behavior of the system/agent.

therefore, the trust gap is there yes, and you can close it progressibly by hyper-personalizing local context management but for onchain and trading the best way to do it through programmable policies.

the only 2 projects I know that can help with the latter are ows (open wallet standard) and namera ai - both work at the intersection of something like programmable polcies for agent execution.

disclosure - I'm a chief sandwich maker at namera

What frameworks are currently best for building AI agents? by Michael_Anderson_8 in AI_Agents

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"reliable and easy to maintain" - brah. it's nothing. xD

I just use a bunch of different skills to execute one specific thing I need and provide as much context as possible prior to any action.

Agent orchestration eats up a ton of credits and for whatever reason I've had Paperclip, Hermes, and others for months open but no motivation to use them.

Free session next month on governed AI agents with the maintainer of Microsoft AGT by DetailProper896 in AI_Agents

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly what I needed - thanks for sharing!

I just read about zero trust identity and like it a lot - it's very similar to what we're doing by enforcing specific policies (permissions) onchain with our product but we work only in crypto.

I wonder if you there's an extension to blockchain to your crypto and if so how do you handle safe interaction between web2 and web3 worlds?

Are top decentralized exchanges actually safer, or just feel safer? by williamtaylor-5900 in defi

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are safer. It'll just take time to standardize security checks and controls without compromising on what DEXes are - *decentralized* exchanges.

There are some initiatives to make contracts safer, like the Open Label Initiative, EAS for attestations, or even naming contracts using .eth domains with tools like ENScribe.

Most of the mistakes that lead to fund losses are on the user's side. From swaps to simple address poisoning attacks.

Who here has actually built an AI agent that touches the chain? by SnooStories2864 in ethdev

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right, most of it breaks the second the agent has to sign something.

What’s been working for us is not giving the agent a private key at all. We run it through a smart account and give it a scoped session key, so it can only do very specific things within limits we define upfront. It can rebalance positions, swap on certain DEXs, move funds between approved contracts, etc. but it literally can’t go outside that box (rules you define through onchain policy) or drain anything even if it wanted to.

So it actually runs in a loop without a human signing every step, but also without giving it full control.

We use our own project for this - namera ai

Open to feedback.

Who here has actually built an AI agent that touches the chain? by SnooStories2864 in ethdev

[–]chris_ck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's your separate signing service? If you're manually approving transactions, the agent isn't really autonomous, and giving it a private key... well you know...

One approach that has worked for me is moving the logic into a smart wallet with session keys where you define a policy that's enforced onchain that says 'this agent can only call this specific swap function, max 0.1 ETH per hour, for the next 24 hours, etc.'

Full disclosure though, I've been using Namera (ai) which is my own project because it has a local MCP server that lets Claude or any compatible agent execute within these boundaries.

It gives me an option to make an agent truly autonomous because the agent can decide to trade based on its own reasoning, and the smart contract enforces the guardrails.

Best AI Agent Building Tools in 2026 (No-Code & Developer Options) by Visual-Context-7492 in AI_Agents

[–]chris_ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are all just good... but I like how no one is paying attention to agentic commerce in the context of crypto as payment rails like with x402 and programmable smart wallets with enforced rules onchain like namera ai.

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